Subject: Re: pkgsrc.conf
To: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
From: Dieter Baron <dillo@danbala.tuwien.ac.at>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/16/2007 23:23:52
In article <46C4133A.6030409@NetBSD.org> Roland wrote:
: currently, the tools for managing binary packages are missing a
: configuration file. I have created a first draft that addresses some of
: the things I would like to see in such a configuration file. If you miss
: something, please add it there.
: http://wiki.netbsd.se/pkgsrc.conf
Why different names from the variables used for the same purpose in
pkgsrc (when building from source)? Why a different syntax? I would
like to make it possible to use the same file for both pkg_add and
pkgsrc. Also, we already have code to parse and manipulate
VARNAME=values files.
yours,
dillo